writingSystem
P454
predicate
Indicates that one entity is the script or system of written symbols used to represent the language or content of another entity.
All labels observed (105)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| writingSystem canonical | 16,492 |
| hasWritingSystem | 3,220 |
| usesWritingSystem | 1,710 |
| writingSystemUsed | 601 |
| inscriptionLanguage | 479 |
| writingSystemType | 381 |
| writingSystemFor | 181 |
| usedWritingSystem | 144 |
| writingSystemOfName | 105 |
| isWrittenInScript | 92 |
| writingSystemOf | 90 |
| usedInWritingSystem | 48 |
| traditionalScript | 41 |
| writingSystemOnFlag | 36 |
| haveWritingSystem | 25 |
| primaryWritingSystem | 23 |
| writingSystems | 21 |
| writingSystemsUsed | 21 |
| writingSystemVariant | 18 |
| writingSystemsInclude | 14 |
| writingSystemOrigin | 13 |
| hasWritingSystems | 12 |
| writingSystemUsedHistorically | 11 |
| supportsWritingSystems | 10 |
| usesWritingSystemForLanguage | 10 |
| writingSystemMajority | 10 |
| hasWritingSystemFeature | 9 |
| writingSystemUse | 9 |
| writingSystemUsedBy | 9 |
| writingSystemForName | 8 |
| writingSystemHistory | 8 |
| writingSystemOfMotto | 8 |
| writingSystemOnEmblem | 7 |
| writingSystemUsedForName | 7 |
| writingSystemForOfficialLanguage | 6 |
| writingSystemUsedByMember | 6 |
| ArabicScript | 5 |
| isWrittenWithScript | 5 |
| languageWritingSystem | 5 |
| writingSystemEvidence | 5 |
| writingSystemHistorical | 5 |
| writingSystemOnCurrency | 5 |
| writingSystemUsedFor | 5 |
| writingSystemUser | 5 |
| writtenInArabicScript | 5 |
| belongsToWritingSystem | 4 |
| usesWritingSystemOf | 4 |
| writingSystemDescribed | 4 |
| שפת כתיבה | 4 |
| 使用文字体系 | 4 |
| hasWritingSystemOfName | 3 |
| hasWritingSystemOnEponymousArtifact | 3 |
| hasWritingSystemOnNotes | 3 |
| originalWritingSystem | 3 |
| representsWritingSystem | 3 |
| scriptWritingSystem | 3 |
| traditionalLanguageScript | 3 |
| usedInWritingSystemOf | 3 |
| writingSystemForLocalName | 3 |
| writingSystemForMajorLanguage | 3 |
| writingSystemForSymbol | 3 |
| writingSystemOfSymbol | 3 |
| writingSystemOfToponym | 3 |
| writingSystemOnScroll | 3 |
| writingSystemUsedInInscriptions | 3 |
| likelyWritingSystem | 2 |
| officialWritingSystem | 2 |
| writing system | 2 |
| writingSystemOfCollection | 2 |
| письменность | 2 |
| الكتابة بالأحرف اللاتينية | 2 |
| 书写系统 | 2 |
| concernsWritingSystem | 1 |
| currentOfficialScriptInAzerbaijan | 1 |
| currentOfficialScriptInIran | 1 |
| graphemicSystem | 1 |
| inscriptionLanguageScript | 1 |
| latinScript | 1 |
| regionalScript | 1 |
| schrijfsysteem | 1 |
| scriptureWritingSystem | 1 |
| supportsWritingSystem | 1 |
| useWritingSystemForLiturgy | 1 |
| writingSystemBase | 1 |
| writingSystemForToponym | 1 |
| writingSystemLanguage | 1 |
| writingSystemOfKoreanName | 1 |
| writingSystemOfNotableText | 1 |
| writingSystemOfOfficialDocuments | 1 |
| writingSystemOfOriginalName | 1 |
| writingSystemOfParentLanguage | 1 |
| writingSystemOfThaiName | 1 |
| writingSystemOfTitle | 1 |
| writingSystemOnCoatOfArms | 1 |
| writingSystemOnMotto | 1 |
| writingSystemOnNote | 1 |
| writingSystemTraditionally | 1 |
| writingSystemUsedForAddressing | 1 |
| writingSystemUsedInDesign | 1 |
| writingSystemUsedOnObjects | 1 |
| سامانهٔنوشتار | 1 |
| نظام الكتابة | 1 |
| ينتمي_إلى_نظام_كتابة | 1 |
| लिपी | 1 |
| 書寫系統 | 1 |
Description generation (PDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.
Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning. # Instructions Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. # Response Format Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: writingSystem
Generated description
Indicates that one entity is the script or system of written symbols used to represent the language or content of another entity.
Sample triples (24,042)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Ukrainians | Cyrillic script ⓘ |
| Arabs | Arabic script ⓘ |
| Hadrian's Wall | Latin via predicate surface "inscriptionLanguage" ⓘ |
| Medieval Greek | Greek alphabet ⓘ |
| Ionic Greek | Greek alphabet via predicate surface "hasWritingSystem" ⓘ |
| Ionic Greek | Ionic alphabet via predicate surface "writingSystemVariant" ⓘ |
| Latin | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| Modern Greek | Greek alphabet ⓘ |
| Darwin fish symbol | Latin alphabet via predicate surface "hasWritingSystem" ⓘ |
| Germanic languages | Latin script ⓘ |
|
Urdu language
surface form:
Urdu
|
Perso-Arabic script ⓘ |
|
Urdu language
surface form:
Urdu
|
Nastaʿlīq
ⓘ
surface form:
Nastaʿlīq script
|
|
Urdu language
surface form:
Urdu
|
abjad via predicate surface "writingSystemType" ⓘ |
| Devanagari script | alphasyllabary via predicate surface "writingSystemType" ⓘ |
| Anatolian languages | cuneiform ⓘ |
| Anatolian languages | hieroglyphic Luwian script ⓘ |
| Anatolian languages | alphabetic scripts ⓘ |
| Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument | English via predicate surface "inscriptionLanguage" ⓘ |
| Armenians | Armenian alphabet ⓘ |
| Phoenician civilization | Phoenician alphabet via predicate surface "hasWritingSystem" ⓘ |
| Royal Air Force Ensign defaced with ROC badge | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| Romani language | Latin script ⓘ |
| Romani language | Cyrillic script ⓘ |
| Romani language | Greek script ⓘ |
| Romani language |
Arabic alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Arabic script
|
| Antillean Creole | Latin script ⓘ |
| Kraft | Latin script ⓘ |
| Sundanese | Latin script ⓘ |
| Sundanese | Sundanese script ⓘ |
| Sundanese | Pegon script ⓘ |
| Reiwa | kanji via predicate surface "writingSystemOfName" ⓘ |
| Tamil | Tamil script ⓘ |
| Tamil | abugida via predicate surface "writingSystemType" ⓘ |
| Kichwa | Latin script ⓘ |
| Claudio | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| Claudius | Latin alphabet via predicate surface "hasWritingSystem" ⓘ |
| Hellenic languages | Greek alphabet ⓘ |
| Venetic language | Venetic alphabet ⓘ |
| Venetic language | Old Italic script ⓘ |
|
Kirkwood (surname)
surface form:
Kirkwood
|
Latin script ⓘ |
| Old Arabic | Ancient North Arabian scripts ⓘ |
| Old Arabic |
Nabataean alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Nabataean Aramaic script
|
| Old Arabic | early Arabic script ⓘ |
| Levantine Arabic | Arabic script ⓘ |
| Levantine Arabic | Latin script ⓘ |
| Naskh script | Arabic script ⓘ |
| Naskh script | Arabic-speaking communities via predicate surface "writingSystemUser" ⓘ |
| Naskh script | Persian language users via predicate surface "writingSystemUser" ⓘ |
| Naskh script | Urdu language users via predicate surface "writingSystemUser" ⓘ |
| Naskh script |
Ottoman Turkish
via predicate surface "writingSystemUser"
ⓘ
surface form:
Ottoman Turkish (historical)
|